Current world No. 1 Luke Donald, winner of the recent PGA Championship, finished the day one stroke off Woods after also double bogeying the final hole.
But in October a 527-patient study sponsored by the French government found that 10% of patients who got neck stents died or had a stroke in the following month--double the complication rate for surgery.
Veteran midfielder Paul Scholes, who has been reportedly pondering his future, lashed home his 99th Premier League goal on the stroke of halftime and then his potential young successor Darren Gibson followed up his midweek double with a similarly impressive strike in the 61st minute.
Earlier, Scotland's Marc Warren had held a two-stroke lead with three holes to play, but a three-putt contributed to a double bogey at the 16th which he followed with a bogey at the 17th.